African Design Magazine March 2016 | Page 44

ELEMENTAL North Vat, designed by the London office of Rodic Davidson Architects, replaces an existing fisherman’s cottage in Dungeness’s unique shingle landscape. The house in Kent, England, was conceived as a ‘cluster’ of small shed-like structures, referential to the local vernacular of pitched roof huts, scattered along the beach front. At the heart of the scheme were enthusiastic clients seeking to break away from conventional layout and form. “North Vat is about the inherent beauty of simple ‘elemental’ forms and how these can create complex spaces and experiences within a cluster” – Siniša Rodić 44 africandesignmagazine.com Photographs b